Climate averages 1991–2020
Xichang weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Xichang: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhaotong (157 km away). In November its highs average 13.1°C, 3.6°C cooler than Xichang, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Xichang ranks joint 323rd of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 567th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Xichang is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Xichang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 18 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 32 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 46 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 97 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| June | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 193 | 22.9 | 13.914 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 220 | 22.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 201 | 21.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 160 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 18.8 | 11.512 h |
| November, selected | 16.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 48 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Zhaotong in NovemberChina · 157 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Junlian in NovemberChina · 223 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Shuifu in NovemberChina · 225 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Lijiang in NovemberChina · 232 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Leshan in NovemberChina · 236 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Kangding in NovemberChina · 236 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Luocheng in NovemberChina · 239 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Baixi in NovemberChina · 241 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 51 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Xichang) is explained once on the Xichang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.